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Patented Ndv. 29, I898.

No. 6l4,844.

B. DALLIN. ADJUSTABLE SHADE 0B CURTAIN SUPPORT.

(Appiicafion filed Mar. 25,-1897.)

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BRUCE DALLIN, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO HERBERT F. JONES AND J. E. S. LEE, OF

SAME PLACE.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE OR CURTAIN SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,844, dated November 29, 1898.

Application filed March 25 1897. Serial No. 629,125. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BRUCE DALLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Worth, Texas, have invented Adjustable Shade and Curtain Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the adjustable supports for those classes of shade and curtain rollers in which the shades or curtains are rolled by spring-actuated rollers, the purpose of the adjustment being to permit of the raising and lowering of the rollers to secure circulation of air through the tops of windows.

The object is to construct supports which will not be too expensive to be practical.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts fully described in the specification and illustrated in the drawings.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows a Window to which my invention is applied. Fig. 2 is an end View of a slide, showing a variation in the form. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the brackets and the bar to which they are attached. Fig. 4: is a sectional view through the line as y of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a broken perspective view of one of the guides. Fig. 6 is an end view of the guides. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the cord-holder. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 show the brackets and slides at different adjustments. Fig. 11 shows a slide and a bracket attached at different points of adjustment, a separate bolt being used for each adjustment. Fig. 12 is a side elevation of a slide.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

The invention has a bar M, of wood or metal, having a slot in each end, the slots being indicated by the letter F. This bar is to be made as long as the Width of the windows or as long as the width of the Widest windows. Brackets D and D are mounted on bar M. These brackets have bases E and E, provided with slots corresponding to the slots in bar M. The edges of bases E and E are bent at right angles, forming Us and indicated byN N, to clamp the ends of bar M. The brackets are mounted on the front part of bar M, and slides for holding the brackets in place are mounted on the back side of this bar. The slides consist of body portions G, having edges 0 r bent at right angles, forming Us to clamp bar M. Each slide has also a base and a stud p and a slot G cut therein.

In the drawings the base on one of the slides is indicated by k, and that on the other slide is indicated by k. The slides and the brackets are attached to bar M by means of bolts P, provided with suitable nuts, and by means of slots in the slides and'the bar M, and in the bases E and E of the brackets the slides and brackets can be attached at different adjustments. The slides are adjustable both as to the bar M and to the brackets E and E. The slides and brackets are attached to bar M,and then the bar is cut off if it is too long.

Guides A and B are attached to the windowframe a a for holding the slides in place as the curtain or shade C is being adjusted. These guides are constructed of sheet metal, and each guide has the edge next to the window bent to form a groove for the base on the slide. The right guide differs from the left guide in having the pulley-hanger 9 formed on the body B of the guide instead of forming it on the edge which is bent over to form the groove for the slide. Fig. 5 illustrates the construction of the left guide. The guides are to be nailed to the window-frame, and the pulleys h and h are mounted in hangers g and g. The cords o and c are attached to the slides, as illustrated in Fig. 4.. Fig. 2 shows a variation in the slide. The edges of the body portion are doubly bent, and the cord can be clamped between the upper edge and the bar to which the slide is attached.

Fig. 7 illustrates the cord-holder, which is constructed of a single piece of metal and has a hole 6 for the cord and two prongs 0 0, which are to be nailed to the window-frame. The cord can be clamped by drawing it up in the converging space between prongs o o.

Having fully described my invention, what 9 5 therein in alinement with the slots in said bar, slides having bases, said slides and the bases of said brackets having Ls formed on the edges thereof to clamp the ends of said bar,n1eans for clamping said slides and brackets to said bar, guides attached to the Window-frame, said guides being constructed of sheet metal and each guide having a groove formed on the edge thereof, the bases of said slides being held in said guides, and means for raising said supports.

2. Adjustable supports for curtain and shade rollers consisting of a bar of any suitable length having a slot in each end, brackets and slides capable of being attached at diiferent points of adjustment on said bar, said brackets being provided with bases having Ls formed on the edges thereof, Ls formed on the edges of said slides, means for clamping said bases and slides on the ends of said bar, guides for said slides consisting of fiat pieces of metal attached to the front facing of a Window-frame each having a groove formed on the inner edge and adapted to hold said slides in place, and means for raising and lowering said supports.

Supports for curtain and shade rollers consisting of a bar having slots in each end thereof, brackets and slides on said bar and capable of being clamped at different points of adjustment thereon, guides attached to the front facing of a window-frame and consisting of flat pieces of metal having grooves formed on the inner edges thereof, said slides having bases turned toward the window and Working in said grooves, said guides and slides being adapted to hold said bar and brackets close to the window-facing during the upward and downward movement of said brackets, said guides having hangers formed integral with the upper ends thereof, pulleys mounted in said hangers, cords attached to said .slides for raisingand lowering said supports, and means for holding said cords in place.

4. Adjustable supports for curtain and shade rollers consisting of a bar, brackets and slides mounted on said bar, means for attaching saidbrackets to said bar at different points of adjustment, guides attached to the window-fra1ne for said slides, said slides being rigidly secured to said bar at any predetermined points of adjustment and having bases adapted to move up and down in said guides, and means for raising and lowering said supports.

BRUCE DALLIN.

Vitnesses O. W. Rov, JAMEs GILFORD Bnownmo. 

